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Cover of Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran

Between Warrior Brother and Veiled Sister: Islamic Fundamentalism and the Politics of Patriarchy in Iran

Minoo Moallem

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How Islamic nationalism and Western representations both build gendered images of Iranian men and women.

Islam and gender Postcolonial feminism Iran English 278 pages

Cover of Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis

Feminism and Islamic Fundamentalism: The Limits of Postmodern Analysis

Haideh Moghissi

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A critique of scholarship that treats Islamist movements as good for women, drawing on Iran after 1979.

Islam and gender Feminist theory Iran English 166 pages

Cover of Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran

Islam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran

Ziba Mir-Hosseini

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Clerics in Qom debate women's rights, and what these debates show about the possibilities of Islamic feminism.

Islam and gender Iran English 304 pages